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The Malaysian Style Chicken Curry came out amazing, thanks again for sharing the recipe. Even my husband who is not big on curries loved it.

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I made some minor modification because I didn't have all the ingredients. Instead of red birds eye chillies, I used ancho chili pods. I didn't have garam masala but I found the recipe below online. For veggies I used green beans.

For the rice I used brown jasmine and added 2 1/2 tablespoons of dry shredded coconut. It work perfectly with the curry.

Easy Garam Masala​

This is a quick Garam Masala (Indian spice) mix. Garam Masala is better when made with whole spices that have been roasted and ground, but this is a quick and easy substitute that's pretty good.

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1 ½ teaspoons ground coriander

1 ½ teaspoons ground cardamom

1 ½ teaspoons ground black pepper

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground cloves

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Did you try the Tom Yam variant yet?
 
I was so excited to make this for Christmas about 3-4 years ago. Had the tenderloin vacuum sealed in the freezer, defrosted it nicely in the fridge and then went to trim it the day before Christmas. Sliced open the package and it was completely rancid. Gag inducing. Was thinking maybe it was just the blood on the, rinsed it off for 20 minutes, patted it dry, started trimming it and smelled the inside again. Nope, whole thing.

Such an absolute crap ending. $85 in the garbage, had to go out and get a chicken to roast because nothing was really available on Christmas Eve..
Why do you think it went rancid? That's discouraging after spending so much money.
 
Interesting substitute using Ancho chillies, I've got some (dried) and they're quite sweet and mild in heat with a stronger flavour, where as Birds eye are more take your face off kind of heat ... Nice presentation with the mound of rice
The ones I posted are quite mild once boiled for 10 mins. Malaysian curry's are generally quite mild.

I you prefer a slightly spicier dish, I would highly recommend Nasi Lemak (translated: Nasi = rice, Lemak = fat)

Rather than post a recipe, here's one from the web:


To finish it off, serve with Ayam Goreng (Fried chicken):

 

The ones I posted are quite mild once boiled for 10 mins. Malaysian curry's are generally quite mild.

I you prefer a slightly spicier dish, I would highly recommend Nasi Lemak (translated: Nasi = rice, Lemak = fat)

Rather than post a recipe, here's one from the web:


To finish it off, serve with Ayam Goreng (Fried chicken):

Thank you sir. To be honest I know little about Malaysian food, I had a birthday recently and got 3 cookbooks , Dishoom , My Korean Kitchen and One on Vietnamese food, so I'm working my way around Asia ... will get to Malaysia eventually :)
 
I baked this bread yesterday and it turned out so well, the bread was fluffy and so tasty. My daughter loved it so that's always a great reward. Thanks again for sharing this recipe.

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Wow that looks amazing .Bread making is one of my new found obsessions , recently I've been getting to grips with Baguettes
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Thank you sir. To be honest I know little about Malaysian food, I had a birthday recently and got 3 cookbooks , Dishoom , My Korean Kitchen and One on Vietnamese food, so I'm working my way around Asia ... will get to Malaysia eventually :)
I love south east Asian food. Lived in Malaysia from 2005-2008. You could buy a meal and drink for under £2! All the restaurants and street food vendors were open 24/7. Watched every Everton game sat outdoors at a street vendor on a massive projector at 10pm/3am depending on the kick off time.

Oh the joy. Remember knocking my drink over when Cahill scored that overhead against Chelsea!
 

Now I have to make it again and the wife will kill me .Glad your daughter loved it . It looks amazing by the way , what cheese did you use ?
Sorry, didn't mean to bring food memories that your wife may not appreciate.

I actually used cheddar because I didn't have any gruyere, it worked well but I would like to use gruyere next time I make it.
 
Crispy Duck tonight. Or as close as I can get it without spending 48hrs getting it prepped.

Quick version is marinate overnight in soy sauce and sesame oil. Flip it over in the morning if you didn't completely submerge it.

Add it to a roasting pan with a Mirepoix of Carrots Onion and Celery in a rough chop and an inch and a half of chicken stock. Cover the pan with a lid or tin foil and roast for an hour and a half at 250. Uncover and roast at 300 for another hour.

Remove the duck and carefully take off the crispy skin to save for later. Remove the mirepoix and stock, can be used for other things(gravies, sauces, etc) but no longer required as it it just to keep the duck moist. Return the duck to the roast pan and flip it so that you can crisp up the skin that was on the bottom previously. Cook another 30 minutes at 30 and remove the skin and keep it with the other pieces you removed.

Shred the duck with forks and add a little hoi sin sauce into the mix. The duck won't be crispy like a takeaway back home but it will be shredded and delicious.

Put the skin into the oven and broil it for a minute or two to get even crisper. Chop it up to sprinkle on your shredded duck when making your pancakes. Serve with julienne green onion and cucumber.

I've made the pancakes myself with a basic sort of flour tortilla recipe. Get a pasta roller to get them as thin as possible and then just quickly heat them up on the skillet with a tiny bit of oil.

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Sorry, didn't mean to bring food memories that your wife may not appreciate.

I actually used cheddar because I didn't have any gruyere, it worked well but I would like to use gruyere next time I make it.
Sorry I didn't say but I use cheddar as well ,I don't think it will change too much from Gruyere .We get both here and for me it is more the rarity of gruyere that she wants us to use it .Saying that cheddar is my favourite cheese of all although we get offers here of alpine cheeses that are very nice .
The wife likes it but it stays a stomach level for us both !!!!
 
Crispy Duck tonight. Or as close as I can get it without spending 48hrs getting it prepped.

Quick version is marinate overnight in soy sauce and sesame oil. Flip it over in the morning if you didn't completely submerge it.

Add it to a roasting pan with a Mirepoix of Carrots Onion and Celery in a rough chop and an inch and a half of chicken stock. Cover the pan with a lid or tin foil and roast for an hour and a half at 250. Uncover and roast at 300 for another hour.

Remove the duck and carefully take off the crispy skin to save for later. Remove the mirepoix and stock, can be used for other things(gravies, sauces, etc) but no longer required as it it just to keep the duck moist. Return the duck to the roast pan and flip it so that you can crisp up the skin that was on the bottom previously. Cook another 30 minutes at 30 and remove the skin and keep it with the other pieces you removed.

Shred the duck with forks and add a little hoi sin sauce into the mix. The duck won't be crispy like a takeaway back home but it will be shredded and delicious.

Put the skin into the oven and broil it for a minute or two to get even crisper. Chop it up to sprinkle on your shredded duck when making your pancakes. Serve with julienne green onion and cucumber.

I've made the pancakes myself with a basic sort of flour tortilla recipe. Get a pasta roller to get them as thin as possible and then just quickly heat them up on the skillet with a tiny bit of oil.

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Your duck recipe sounds and looks so yummy. I have never cook duck at home but i have eaten plenty at restaurants and I love it. Your recipe is encouraging me to make it at home in the near future. Thanks for sharing it and enjoy your dinner.
 
Your duck recipe sounds and looks so yummy. I have never cook duck at home but i have eaten plenty at restaurants and I love it. Your recipe is encouraging me to make it at home in the near future. Thanks for sharing it and enjoy your dinner.
At the end of it it should turn out like this

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They are the best takeaway food you can get back in the UK. Perfect hangover cure. Usually a quarter duck per person.

I recommend saving the stock and mirepoix veg and making a soup with the duck bones the day after. Take a hand blender and blend the veg into it after removing the bones and you have a lovely rich in flavor duck soup.
 

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